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The best known-and perhaps most inspired-literary mushroom of all is the one nibbled by Alice in her Adventures in Wonderland. Eating from one side of the mushroom makes her grow larger, eating from the other side makes her shrink. It's possible that author Lewis Carroll knew of the properties of Fly Agaric. One effect of this hallucinogenic fungus is to make objects appear larger or smaller in the user's eye. In recent times it's no surprise to find fungal references at "Hogwarts School of…
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Amanita is an original watercolor painting by Iris Compiet from the Faeries of the Faultlines, now available on Every Day Original
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The first time a witch rode a broom in popular culture could have been in the illustrations of a book published in 1451. French poet Martin Le Franc’s Le Champion des Dames (The Defender of Ladies) shows two women flying with sticks between their legs, although only one is clearly a broom. At least, that is the oldest evidence we have of the legend of witches flying on brooms.According to Witchcraft in Europe, 400-1700: A Documentary History, edited by University of Pennsylvania history…
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The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross (1970) is a book by the British archaeologist John Marco Allegro. His early career focused on studying the earliest manuscripts of the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls. With this book, however, many say that it ruined his career, although others say it gave him the fame that he deserved.…
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mushrooms | Catalogue search | Wellcome Collection
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a medieval mushroom druid pondering on a toadstool when a boy walks through the portal
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